Hospital Performance - Hospital Details

Gold Coast Hospital

Overview

The Gold Coast Hospital (including Robina Campus) is a 968-bed hospital that offers services in all major health specialties. It includes chemotherapy, coronary care unit, dialysis unit, elective surgery, emergency department, hospice care unit, intensive care unit, obstetrics, oncology unit, outpatient services, paediatrics unit, psychiatric unit/ward, and rehabilitation unit. (The Emergency Department data excludes Robina Campus). In 2012, Gold Coast Hospital Southport Campus will be absorbed into a new 750 bed tertiary facility to create the Gold Coast University Hospital. The $1.76 billion health facility will provide complex care, research and teaching opportunities on the Gold Coast and will play a key role in training the clinical leaders of the future.

Information for end of March 2013

Staffing

Indicators	Doctors	Nurses	Health practitioners / professional / technical
Staff	748	2,274	460
Change from June 2005	+132.3%	+68.2%	+137.19%

Performance Highlights

Attendances	Apr '13	5,598
Median wait (mins)	Apr '13	25

Operations	Apr '13	756
Median wait (days)	Dec '12 quarter	32

Admissions

Dec '12 quarter

14,693

	This hospital’s performance was better than or within range of the latest national performance.
	This hospital’s performance was out of range of the latest national performance, but not in the poorest performing group of hospitals.
	This hospital’s performance was in the poorest performing group of hospitals.
	The median value was not calculated for this hospital.

Infrastructure

Projects include:

Gold Coast University Hospital Project - new $1.76 billion 750 bed hospital. For more information about this infrastructure project click here.

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Gold Coast Hospital Website Our Performance MyHospitals Healthier Queensland

Did you know?
Queensland's emergency department attendances are the fastest growing in the country - growing 31% in 5 years.